So why did Rosendale try – twice – to kill rate review power for the auditor, even though Montana at the time was one of only three states that did not have a system in place to review insurance rate increases?

“It’s dangerous that Rosendale would twice try to kill a consumer protection law that would increase transparency on health insurance rate hikes,” said Chris Meagher, spokesman for the Montana Democratic Party. “If Rosendale was against giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to review insurance rates, how can we trust him to follow through on his job now?”